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Wallis Simpson

A glamorous studio portrait of Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor (1896-1986), American socialite. Born in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, she divorced her second husband, Ernest Simpson in order to marry Edward VIII who abdicated the throne in December 1936 to marry her

Picture No
13731753
Media ID
45394055
Size
4377px x 5803px (1.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
1936. .. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1936

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Abdicated Bessie Divorced Marry Ridge Socialite Wallis Warfield


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